ISI Beach Volleyball
(adapted from a page by Dennis Smith)
Photo by Dave Dyer
A group of people that originated with ISIers - but now has grown much larger plays beach volleyball weekly Daylight Savings Time here:
7030 Trolleyway Street, Los Angeles, California, United States
Look at Google streetview; go through the alleyway to the beach, and look for people playing really bad volleyball - you can ask for the "ISI game" to confirm. People usually there include Rick, Dave, and Dennis.
We play from 5:30pm until the sun sets (we finish the game that's in progress when the sun sets).
Basic rules are in effect, but it's very casual. Don't touch the net, don't cross to the other team's side, and the ball can't touch the net on the serve. There are two "ISI" rules:
1) first serve of the season
a player's first serve can be a "do-over" if it fails
to be playable (e.g., you hit the net, foot-fault, or serve
outside the lines); this applies only once per calendar year,
and only on the first serve of that player that year
2) sky-ball
the winning point must be served to go at least twice as high
as the player's typical serve. the better the server, the higher
they're expected to try to hit the ball (i.e., straight up)
this gives the other team a chance at catching up, FYI
Please feel free to join us - or any Tuesday during daylight savings (this year or any year to come). Feel free to bring others too; it's a friendly game, and kids as young as 10 have played.
Mailing list
Afterwards, those interested usually go to Beach Pizza to eat (this is optional, of course):
http://www.eatbeachpizza.com/
Westchester location
8601 Lincoln Blvd
Westchester, CA. 90045
(310)827-2000
GLOSSARY
According to Michael Quintanilla of the Los Angeles Times, the following are current (1998) volleyball terms:
- Chuck: A ball that is pushed or thrown.
- Coverage: Backing up a partner's hit.
- Dink: Ball played just over the net.
- Facial: A spike to the face; also called a six-pack because if you give a facial,you buy the beer.
- Facial disgracial: An extreme facial that sends a player out of the match.
- Flosser: A thong-wearing woman.
- Hammer: A downward hard hit.
- Jed: A block.
- Joust: When two opposing players battle the ball above the net.
- Kong block: A one-armed block invented by beach superstar Randy Stoklos.
- Lollipop: A very easy serve.
- Scoop: A ball saved with any part of the body.
- Spade: An ace serve.
- Volley dolly: A volleyball groupie.
Let's add in Our terms:
- Crane Defense: A means of throwing off the server by assuming the crane position from "The Karate Kid".
- Evil Twins: Suzy & Suzanne.
- First Serve of the Season: The first serve by a player during a given season (April to October). Player gets a do-over if the First Serve of the Season isn't good.
- Hansford's Rule: Significant others may not be on the same team. This long standing rule was suspended in the 1997 season.
- Help!: "Here I am in the front row center postion and therefore the designated setter and there is no way I'm going to be able to get to that pass in time, so would someone else please hit it."
- Higher and Wierder: A non-gamepoint skyball. Introduced by Ray Bates.
- Mo up: "Please do not pass to my ankles." or "A greater vertical vector is necessary for the spheroid to pass over the net."
- Pizza Point: Last gamepoint of the night.
- Skyball: A very high serve. Required by house rules for a gamepoint.
- Slurpies: 7-11 score.
- We bad: Standing behind the service line admiring your awsome serve while the opposing team returns the ball to where you are not.